Envelop-sealer.



D. H. M0'S'ELLERL- ENvELoP'sEALER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22. i911.

1,258,69 Pmwdmr. 32,1918.

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Be itknownthat-I, D siimI-l. Mosrnnina, v la citizen of the United States, residing at Sacramento, in the countyv ofv Sacramento and State of California, have inventednew K- n and useful Improvements in Envelop-Sealers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide a device for sealing'envelops and for moistening paper articles which shall be simple in construction, easy and convenient to operate, and which shall not get out of' order. Y

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved device; Fig.4

e said sponge holder and trough is` contained a sponge 6, which extends alongthe bottpm4 of the trough to the end thereof, at which the sponge holder is pivoted'and then extends upwardly within this sponge holder. Said sponge holder is closed at the top. and open at the bottom, and? across the bottomof the sponge holder extend either separate wires or a continuous wire 7 extendingin a zig-zag direction and attached :to downwardly and inwardly extending flanges 8 of said sponge holder, the latter construction being here shown.

On the top of said trough is secured a guard plate 9, which is depressed at the center and perforated, as shown at 11. The

object of this guard plate is to prevent anyY portion of the envelop from coming in contact with the water in the trough, while at the same time it permits the water dropping from the sponge to run down through, the

perforations 11 into the trough. The sponge yholder f1' has depending side portions 12,

whichengage fixed side stops 13, and'hold the sponge holder in a position elevated sufliciently above the Hanges 8 to permit the gummed loose iap of Van `envelop to pass therebetween.

For the purpose of facilitating the insertion of the small end of the sponge holder between said flap and the main vbody of the mee ramal-lama."wie ApplicativonledJanuary 22,1917. V` I' i` I smerige-143,567.

15, which is adapted toz'e'asilyjen'ter the space between the flap and said body. y

For the purposeof supplyingl the trough with water, the sponge holder is raised on its shaft 3, so vthat itsv pivoted end rests against said stops 13. t t

The side of the guard plate 'at which the envelop flap leaves the trough is extended and raised, as shownl at 16, vto press the moistened flap against the envelop body and seal the same. Y v

The envelop is then passed between upper and lower rollers 17, 18, of which the upper roller is mounted Yupon a shaft 19,`having envelop .there isfprovidfed-V anf extension? 14c bearings in a standard 21 and in an arm 22 supported by said standard. The llower roller has at one end a trunnion 23 mounted on said standard 21, removably secured to the base 1, and is formed with a longitudinally extending central square hole 24, in"

bearing ina standardBl removably secured Y to the base 1. To the free end of said shaft' is removably secured a crank-shaftv handle 32. This arrangement permits of the shaft being extended when wide envelops have to `be sealed.

j In the modification of the invention, shown in Fig. 6, the rollers 17, 18 are dispensed with and a tablev 33 is substituted'therefor. By providing an upper roller shorter than the lower roller, either a wide or anarrowl envelop can be sealed by the rollers.

I claim of a water trough, a cover supported thereby tion of the cover, the trough having 'araised portion at one side of the cover to press the', inoistened flap against'the envelop body.

y V 1. -In an envelop sealer, the 'combinationA above the trough in a position in which a f ioo 2. In an envelop sealer, the vcombination of a water trough, a cover vI novably sup-` ported thereon' so as lto permit an envelop 11o kflap Vto be passed'between the cover and the trough, absorbent materialcontained in the @spies of this patent may be obtained for and a pair of rollers between vvhich the envelop is passed, the upper roller having a central Vsquare hole, va standard in which one end of said roller is rotatably supported, an le extensible square shaft in said central hole,

a Collar removably secured to said square shaft, and having a reduced rounded "portion, and a bearing for said rounded'portion.

DosiER la.Y Mos'rELLER.

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